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Ealing NHS trust warns over low flu jab uptake
Less than half of frontline NHS staff in England have had their flu vaccination so far this season, with NHS figures showing 43.2% uptake, as warnings grow that time is running out for protection to build before Christmas. In Ealing, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) has raise...
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Strike action to hit North Acton to Hammersmith 218 bus route
Bus services on route 218, which runs from North Acton to Hammersmith, are set to be disrupted this month after staff at London Transit announced fresh strike action in the run-up to Christmas. More than 350 drivers, engineers and stores workers based at the operator’s Westbourne Park depot will w...
Police increase patrols around Acton Morrisons car park
Metropolitan Police have stepped up patrols at Morrisons car park in Acton after locals raised concerns about people gathering there, anti-social behaviour and drug-related activity. In a statement, officers said they were aware of “individuals congregating” at the supermarket car park, attribut...
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Fire brigade tackle West Ealing blaze
Four fire engines and about 25 firefighters were sent to a blaze at a terraced building of shops with flats above on Broadway in West Ealing on Thursday (11 December 2025). London Fire Brigade said crews from Ealing, Southall, Chiswick and Heston fire stations were mobilised after control officers r...
New artwork celebrates life of Friary Park, Acton, residents
A NEW public artwork dedicated to Acton people has been unveiled in Friary Park.
Ealing Hospital staff shine at NHS trust wards
Hundreds of NHS workers from across north-west London gathered in Wembley for a night of celebration last month (28 November 2025) as London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) recognised staff at its 2025 Excellence Awards. The trust, which runs Ealing, Central Middlesex and Northwick...
University of West London named most sustainable Uni in capital
Ealing’s University of West London (UWL) has been ranked the most sustainable university in London, following a major greening of its campus, in a national league table linking climate action with social justice. The 2025/26 People & Planet University League assesses 147 UK educational institu...
Madhu’s becomes first Michelin-listed restaurant in Southall
Madhu’s Southall has become the first restaurant in Southall to be recognised by the Michelin Guide, after being included in the 2025 Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland and on the guide’s website. The guide describes the 45-year-old restaurant, which is known for Punjabi, Kenyan-Indian a...
Ealing Council steps up crackdown on abandoned cars
Ealing Council has stepped up enforcement against abandoned and untaxed vehicles on its housing estates, towing 21 cars from the Golf Links estate in Southall last month (November 2025) as part of a borough-wide operation. The council said 82 vehicles have been removed from the Golf Links estate ove...
Met Showcases Ealing E-bike Blitz in as Part of New Strategy
12 illegal machines seized on Uxbridge Road and then crushed
MiraBan UK Film Awards Return to Ealing
Celebrating emerging filmmakers and storytelling at the Picturehouse cinema
Waymo to trial self-driving cars in Ealing and across London
Ealing is among 19 London boroughs and the City of London where Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving car company, will “soon begin” 24-hour trialling of its autonomous vehicles. Waymo already runs a driverless ride-hailing service in Metro Phoenix, the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles, and the...
The Questors Theatre Launches Spring Season 2026
Productions range from Ibsen's Ghosts to Tobermory: A Cat's Tale
Myleene Klass Makes it a Night Remember at NHS Awards
Excellence among local hospital staff recognised
It’s official: we are all kinder at Christmas
Brits are officially kinder at Christmas compared to the rest of the year, new research has shown, proving that festive cheer really is contagious.
Pitzhanger Announces Two Major Exhibitions for Next Year
Works by Marthe Armitage and Clare Woods to feature
Gunnersbury Park Café to Reopen Early Next Year
Long delayed relaunch as Pure in the Park confirmed
Forthcoming Transport Disruption in Ealing
Local tube and train services hit by engineering works and strikes
Aldi kicks off ‘sprout-ocracy’ vote to settle national sprout debate by cocktail
This Christmas, Aldi is looking to put one the most divisive culinary conundrums of Christmas to bed once and for all after creating a new cocktail that will settle the debate on whether we love or loathe the Brussels sprout.
Hanwell landlords fined over £900,000 for planning law breaches
A family from Hanwell has been ordered to pay more than £900,000 after a court found they had breached planning enforcement notices over an unauthorised property conversion. At Isleworth Crown Court on 16 October 2025, Jagdishbhai Patel, Minaxiben Patel and their son Alpesh Patel, all of Greenford ...